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NATO has formally invited FYROM to begin membership talks on joining the North Atlantic alliance. The invitation was issued on July 11 after the NATO Summit meeting in Brussels of heads of states from the 29 members. The invitation was expected after FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greek Prime …

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday on the sidelines of a European Council meeting in Brussels, where they discussed the FYROM name deal and the issue of the two Greek soldiers in custody in Turkish prison fro more than 110 days and without …

June 25, 2018Politics, WorldComments Off on NATO Stoltenberg: FYROM full membership only with full ratification and positive referendum outcome

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, that the NATO will invite the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to be full member of the North Atlantic Alliance only if it ratifies the Macedonia Agreement with Greece and YES will prevail in the referendum. Arriving at the European Union Council …

NATO’s breakdown is not inevitable — we can maintain it, and all the benefits we derive,” Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg warned. “It is not certain that NATO will survive amid the deep divisions between the U.S. and Europe, Stoltenberg wrote in a guest op-ed for …

For one more time, US President Donal Trump has praised Greece for its NATO spending. This time, Trump added another six European countries. “I want to thank the 7 NATO nations, in addition to US, who meet their 2% NATO defense spending. Poland, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, UK., he …

Tensions between Greece and Turkey are “not an issue for NATO,” the General Secretary of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu. Saying that both countries are “two highly valued NATO allies” Stoltenberg hailed the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and …

Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, maintained the usual “equal distance policy” in the case of the two Greek soldiers currently in custody in Turkish prison. In an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu, Stoltenberg was quoted as saying “this is an issue that must be resolved between Greece and …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made a call on Thursday for the de-escalation of tension in the Aegean. The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance displayed absolute neutrality to tension between the two NATO members Greece and Turkey. Asked about a recent incident involving Greek and Turkish patrol boats …

NATO will invite Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to join the Alliance as a member country once a mutually acceptable solution is reached in the name dispute with Greece, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says in an interview with Skopje’s news agency MIA. Asked whether FYROM will be extended a …

A number of Turkish officers posted to Nato have sought asylum since the country’s failed military coup in July, Nato’s secretary-general said on Friday. Jens Stoltenberg said the officers had requested asylum in the countries where they had been posted but gave no names, numbers or reasons for the requests. …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited FGS BONN, the German flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), on Thursday (21 April) as the ship continues to conduct reconnaissance, monitoring and surveillance of illegal crossings in the Aegean Sea. The Secretary General thanked the crew for their important work and …

It’s certainly the biggest day in the political life of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Aware that his country holds the key to the Refugee Crisis – and keep sending a thousand per day to Greece-, top bargainer of 2016, Ahmet Davutoglu plays with the European leaders the way he …

It was a very difficult labor. But at the end, Turkey gave the green light for a NATO operation against smugglers. In the early hours of Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the agreement reached at the level of the Military Committee with regards to details about the operational …

Defense Ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance unanimously decided the NATO involvement in the Aegean Sea in order to “assist Turkey in the refugees and migrants issue”, to “intercept smugglers moving migrants from Turkey to Greece,” – and in extended form also to Europe – and “to stem illegal trafficking …

The weather was good, the spirit was high. The NATO Foreign Ministers came together for a meeting in Antalya in Turkey and after the convention was concluded … they grabbed the microphones and sang karaoke. “We are the world, we are the children”. The group of middle-aged men and women …